waylay

To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity): “After the meal he followed me into the living room and waylaid me before I could reassemble my guests”(Louis Auchincloss).

To interrupt the course or progress of: travelers waylaid by a storm; an athlete waylaid by an injury.

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Lone Flower, hemmed in with snows and white as they But hardier far, once more I see thee bend Thy forehead, as if fearful to offend, Like an unbidden guest. Though day by day, Storms, sallying from the mountain tops, waylay The rising sun, and on the plains descend; Yet art thou welcome, welcome as a friend Whose zeal outruns his promise! William Wordsworth